After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith in Carthage Jail, the Mormons were being more and more terrorized by mobs in Illinois. During the year of 1846 Brigham Young, the new leader of the Mormons began to assemble the people to get ready to leave Nauvoo and go west. The first wagons began their trek west on February 6th, 1846, and arrived in 1847 the exact date isn't known but the city was founded on July 24th, 1847, and consisted of 148 people with 143 of them being men. For the years to come more and more people came in the following years on the trail that would come to be known as the Mormon Trail and under the direction of Brigham Young.
The very first group of Mormon pioneers to enter the Salt Lake Vally arrived in July 1847. The official date is celebrated on July 24, although a group of advance scouts arrived a couple days earlier. Groups continued to migrate there until the early 1900's, when the Church began to encourage it's members to stay in their native lands.
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It took 40 years to build, starting in 1853, finishing and opening to the public in 1893.
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The Mormons were able to settle successfuly at the Great Salt Lake due to their faith, strength, steadfast determination to settle together in a place where they would not be persecuted for their religious beliefs and where the lord wanted them to be.
The Mormons went from Palmyra, NY to Kirtland, OH to Navoo, IL to Salt Lake City, UT
The majority of Mormons moved to Utah in 1847 after being kicked out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois.
They called it Zion. Then when they found out, in order for Utah to become a state, that they would have to separate schools, stores, and public places from religion.
The first Mormons arrived to settle in the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847.
The Mormons traveled to Utah and settled in the Salt Lake Valley. They established the city Salt Lake City.
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The Great Salt Lake.
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The Mormon Pioneers arrived and began to settle Salt Lake City in 1847.
No, Brigham Young did not find Salt Lake City. He built it. He lead the Mormons from Illinois to Utah, and they built a city on shores of the great salt lake.
They didn't.
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